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I have a water cooler that uses 5ga bottles, the same as you would see in an office. It's setup as a beverage area in our dining room. This cooler is next to a beverage fridge that holds soda. I had the idea of getting rid of the water cooler and instead using this...
There's a shelf in the mini fridge we can go without. It's about 2.5*14*17 inches (1 soda can high, 6 cans wide, 14inches deep). I thought about putting the bottle and pump in a cabinet where the cooler is, then running a line in and out of the fridge, that would go to a small faucet or tap faucet. It would just have a pan that could catch spilt water in the counter over the mini fridge. Obviously the idea would be to get rid of an appliance that makes excessive noise and wastes energy.
Problem is, anything I look at for doing this is very expensive. I thought the best results would come from using copper tube but 3" copper tube in enough of a QTY was like $300 (it's expensive and I'd have to find a plumber who could put it together). I though about maybe using copper coil or plastic tubing like what would be used for ice maker line would work but it would likely take hundreds of feet to get to about 1/4-1/2ga of cool water.
If I did the math right, a single piece of copper pipe that is 2.5x12 is 0.25ga and costs about $60 each. 6 of these could fit in theory. I could also do something like plastic pipe, and the last one in copper so it gets colder before dispensing, or maybe even just doing plastic going in, then have some copper ice line leaving the reservoir to the faucet/tap. I'd like it to look cool, and some copper radiator would probably be just that, but it could be very expensive, and I'm not even sure copper is a good idea (safe).
Again, the goal is to get ride of the water cooler. The fridge gets to 40 degrees.
Anyone have any cool ideas?
This is a similar model to the fridge. The shelf I am talking about using is the middle one with the cans sideways.
There's a shelf in the mini fridge we can go without. It's about 2.5*14*17 inches (1 soda can high, 6 cans wide, 14inches deep). I thought about putting the bottle and pump in a cabinet where the cooler is, then running a line in and out of the fridge, that would go to a small faucet or tap faucet. It would just have a pan that could catch spilt water in the counter over the mini fridge. Obviously the idea would be to get rid of an appliance that makes excessive noise and wastes energy.
Problem is, anything I look at for doing this is very expensive. I thought the best results would come from using copper tube but 3" copper tube in enough of a QTY was like $300 (it's expensive and I'd have to find a plumber who could put it together). I though about maybe using copper coil or plastic tubing like what would be used for ice maker line would work but it would likely take hundreds of feet to get to about 1/4-1/2ga of cool water.
If I did the math right, a single piece of copper pipe that is 2.5x12 is 0.25ga and costs about $60 each. 6 of these could fit in theory. I could also do something like plastic pipe, and the last one in copper so it gets colder before dispensing, or maybe even just doing plastic going in, then have some copper ice line leaving the reservoir to the faucet/tap. I'd like it to look cool, and some copper radiator would probably be just that, but it could be very expensive, and I'm not even sure copper is a good idea (safe).
Again, the goal is to get ride of the water cooler. The fridge gets to 40 degrees.
Anyone have any cool ideas?
This is a similar model to the fridge. The shelf I am talking about using is the middle one with the cans sideways.
Frigidaire Single Zone 20.43 in. 126 (12 oz.) Can Beverage Cooler EFMIS155 - The Home Depot
Keep your drinks cool and ready for any occasion in your space and impress your guests by choosing this Frigidaire Single Zone Can Beverage Cooler.
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